Mr. Speaker, my question is on the same issue, but a little more calm.
A bill sponsored by a dozen or so U.S. senators proposes increasing countervailing and antidumping duties from the current rate of 27% charged on Canadian softwood, to more than 46%.
Does the Minister for International Trade plan to resist the American administration's blatant attempt to blackmail the Canadian softwood lumber industry, which has been literally abandoned by Ottawa, in order to force us to hastily accept a compromise that would hurt Quebec and Canada before the WTO and NAFTA bring down a decision that would be in our favour?